• FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    That is incorrect.

    I, too, want to live in a world where no one gives a damn about this shit, but that’s simply not the world we live in, and to pretend otherwise is foolishly naive. Bryon’s choices could affect Kristi Noem’s if his secrets were held over her head. (And I’d imagine they probably were, given his evident lack of discretion.)

    It is what it is.

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      I don’t care one way or the other WRT to what Bryon Noem does in the bedroom, but it’s odd to me that there’s been so much attention to his “indiscretions” that until recently were kept under wraps, when his wife has been openly cuckolding him with Corey Lewandowski for years (“the worst-kept secret in D.C.”). IIRC she was asked about it under oath during congressional testimony while Bryon sat right next to her, and she did not deny it.

      It’s telling that he’s catching all of the media attention for going outside their marriage because he’s into something seen as kinky, while the media has largely ignored his wife’s affair because it is presumably more vanilla. Regardless, she’s been operating with arguably less discretion than him for a LONG time, and is every bit as guilty of exposing herself to blackmail or other potential influence.